Saturday, February 21, 2009

Here's the thing. I have lived in my house for 6 years now. That's 6 full winters.

I have a back alley. Today I was driving my car down it to park in my garage (snow emergency declared in Minneapolis so I had to pull my car off the street) and it dawned on me. I have no idea how that back alley gets plowed. I have never once seen nor heard a plow drive down it removing snow.

I wake up from REM sleep in the wee hours when the garbage truck goes through once a week. How is it that a snow plow gets through there without me even noticing?

One of my brothers, a Snap-On Tools dealer, plows his back alley so he can get his truck in and out. He's done ir for 20 years there. Last year a librarian I know moved into the neighborhood. The librarian asked me what my brother's favorite beer was and delivered a case of it to the back porch. Tom said that was the first time he'd ever been thanked for plowing.

HA!!! I finally saw the city plow go through my back alley. Linnea, you were spot on...a big yellow CAT style thing. We got a lot of snow so I have been on high "alley snow plow alert" tonight. Didn't hear it, but saw the motion light on my garage go off and ran to the window to look. (yes, that sounds a little silly to even me as I type it). Mystery solved!